Male genital disease

A male genital disease is a condition that affects the male reproductive system. The human male genitals consist of testicles and epididymides, ductus deferentes, seminal vesicles and ejaculatory ducts, prostate, bulbourethral glands, and penis.^[1]

Male genital disease
Specialty	Urology

Classification by type of disease

Infection

Aetiological agents

Main article: Aetiology

Bacterial

• Erythrasma^[2]
• Balanoposthitis^[2]
• Fournier's Gangrene^[2]

Fungus

• Candidiasis^[2]
• Tinea cruris^[2]

Parasites

• Cutaneous larva migrans^[2]
• Pubic lice^[2]
• Scabies^[2]
• Tick^[2]

Virus

• Molluscum contagiosum^[2]
• Herpes: simplex, zoster^[2]

Cancers

The probability of contracting a cancerous development depends on age, ethnicity and the existence, or non-existence, of environmental causation. Unlike all other genitally situated cancers, the incidence of penis cancer is related to the sexual mode of transmission.^[3]

Inflammation

An example of a male genital disease is orchitis.^{[citation needed]}

Classification by location of disease

Penis

• Mondor's disease is a non-common disease^[4]
• Peyronie's disease is diagnosed when there is evidence of scar tissue formation within the tunica albuginea, tissue which contributes to the maintenance of the erectile state^[5]

Prostate

The three most statistically frequently occurring diseases of the prostate gland are benign hyperplasia (a swelling of the gland, not due to cancerous accumulation), prostatitis (inflammation), and cancer^[6] (which is the accumulation of malignant cells in the gland).^[7]

See also

Female genital disease

References

1. O'Rahilly, Ronan; Müller, Fabiola; Carpenter, Stanley; Swenson, Rand (2004). BASIC HUMAN ANATOMY A Regional Study of Human Structure. Dartmouth Medical School.
2. Micali, Giuseppe; Cusini, Marco; Donofreo, Pompeo; Dinotta, Franco (2013). Atlas of Male Genital Disorders A Useful aid for Clinical Diagnosis. Springer Verlag Italia. ISBN 978-88-470-2786-2.
3. Epperson, W; Frank, W (1 June 1998). "Male genital cancers". Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. 25 (2). (W. B. Saunders Company, Elsevier): 459–472. doi:10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70076-2. PMID 9628963.
4. Kumar, B; Narang, T; Radotra, BD; Gupta, S (2009). "Mondor's disease of penis: a forgotten disease". British Medical Journal. 40 (3): 281–289. doi:10.1136/sti.2004.014159. PMC 1745052.
5. "Penile Curvature (Peyronie's Disease)". National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health). August 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
6. "Prostate disease". Better Health Channel (Department of Health of the State government of Victoria, Australia). 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
7. "Prostate Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | National Institutes of Health | National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

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